The Paducah Sun reports 30-year-old John Mikulich IV pleaded not guilty Monday on a wanton murder charge after his son died at Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville.
Mikulich was arrested March 14 after Marshall County authorities found the baby floating in a bathtub. The child survived for 11 days in a coma before being taken off life support.
At a preliminary hearing, Marshall County sheriff's detective Matt Hillbrecht testified that Mikulich had been under the influence of some type of drug while watching the baby and his 2-year-old brother.
Hillbrecht says Mikulich changed his story several times when explaining why the baby was in the bathtub.
The charge of wanton murder carries a possible life sentence.
___ Information from: The Paducah Sun, http://www.paducahsun.com
